Joseph faske



JOSEPH FASKE, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dec.3o,1919.

Application iiled March 29, 1919. Serial N0. 286,132.l

To all whomz't may concern:

B e it known thatI, JosErH FASKE, a citizen'of the United' States ofv America, residing at Detroit. in Athe county of lfVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tires', of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein `to the accompanying drawings.. A

This invention relates to tires, and has s ecial reference to that type of automobile tire which has a detachable rim and a soli( or semi-solid rubber tire.

The primary object of-my invention is to obviate the necessity of using an inner pneu: matic tube v'in the outer easing of a tire, and substitute for the ordinarvinner pneumatic tube a solid or semi-solid filler which isl isis .practically puncture proof and maintains essentially the saine degree of resiliency fori a tire as that ordinarily provided by au inner pneumatic tube. l

Another 'object of-my invention is to provide arnovel sectional detachable rim for a wheel and means in connect-ion with therim to prevent creeping of a tire thereon .and creep-ing or circumferential movement oli theI rim relative to a vwheel felly.

A further object of my invention is to provide an automobiletire wherein the parts are constructed with a view ot reducing the cost. ot' manufacture and at the same time retain those features by .which safety. dura- -bllitv and ease of assembling are secured.

With such ends in view. my invention resides in the novel construction to be hereinafter considered and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, whercin- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a 'portion ot a wheel provided with a tire. which is partly broken away and partly in section, and

l"ig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the same.

ln the druwing.the reference numeral l denotes a portion of a wheel telly having the peripheriv thereof provided with equall v spaced transverse grooves 2. and said telly is supported by spokes ()n the wheel telly l is a sectional rim composed ot circumferential abutting sections 4 and 5. the former heilig ot' greater width than the latter` so that the sect-ion 5 an be"readily removed without disturbing the section 4. lloth of the sections have transverse tongues G adapted to tit iu the grooves 2 of the telly 1I and prevent circumi ferential shifting of the sectional rim on the telly, and said tongues are formed with transverse openings 7 which aline and receive fastening means for retaining the Vsecr tional rim on' the wheel telly. The fastening means comprises a felly engaging member 9 having a lateral portion or arm 8 extending through the alining openings 7 of the tongues t3 with the outer end of the arm 8 terminating 1n a tongue 10 extending through a slot 11 in the outer end of anotherfelly engaging member 12. The member 12 is retained 1n engagement with the tongue 10-by a cotter pin 13 or other fastening means, and the members 9 and 12 have apertured ears 14 connected hy bolts 15, nuts 16 and cotter pins 17, said cotter pins prevent-ing accidental displacement of the nuts 16 relative to the bolts 15. The felly engaging members 12 are Dreferabl)v at the outer side of the wheel and 'i by removing the fastening devices of the rim` the section 5 of the rim may be shifted from the. wheel telly to permit of easy access being had to a tire supported by said run.

The periphery of therim sect-ions 4 and 5 is transversely corrugated. as at 18, and these corrugations are adapted to engage in a. solid or semi-solid inner tube .or filler 19 within an outer casing 20 having perforated edges 21 connected h v laces that extend through the corrugations 18. The rim sec'- tious t and 5 have side flanges 2:2 that hold the outer easing Q on the rim sections 4 and lVith the inner tube or filler made of rubber. it can be provided with transverse openings E23 and small openings 24. the latterjbeing radiallyI disposed relative to the axis of' the wheel. 'lhe transverse and radial openings- Q3 and .24 'will afford air pockets when closed by the outer casing 20 of the tire, and with the inner tube or filler made of rubber, the air pocketswill cooperate with the re. siliency ot' the rubber in providing a cushion member circuinferentially of the wheel.

From `the. foregoing` it will be observed that the inner tube or filler cannot creep or shitt circiunterentiallv of the sectional rim. and that said sectional rim is also held against a similar movement by the transverse tongues extending into the grooved periphery of the wheel folly. v

W'hilc in the drawingl there is illustrated a. preferred embodiment of my invention. it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible tol such `changes, in size, shape and manner of assemblage as fall within the-'scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is A The combination of a wheel Jelly provided with transverse grooves, a rim on said elly adapted for holding a tire and provided Witlr tongues extending into the oovesof said felly, the tongues of said rim 'ravin o enin s fell engaging members 5 L', a t? having the outer ends thereof at the outer side 'of said-fellyand the inner ends thereof on said felly,-V felly engaging members having the outer endsA thereof extending through the openings '1n the run tongues and through the outer ends of the first mentioned felly engaging n'ien'xbers, means connecting the outer ends of the felly engaging members ate-ach rim tongue, and means connecting the inner ends or' said telly engaging ineinbers.'

In'testinxony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of a witness.

JOSEPH FASKE.

- VtneSS:

KARL H. BUTLER. 

